2022 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

  2022 Japanese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 16 of 20 races in the 2022 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	25 September 2022
Official name	Motul Grand Prix of Japan
Location	Mobility Resort Motegi Motegi, Japan
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.801 km (2.983 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Marc Márquez Honda Time 1:55.214 Fastest lap Rider Jack Miller Ducati Time 1:45.198 on lap 9 Podium First Jack Miller Ducati Second Brad Binder KTM Third Jorge Martín Ducati
Moto2
Pole position Rider Arón Canet Kalex Time 2:04.939 Fastest lap Rider Augusto Fernández Kalex Time 1:50.801 on lap 18 Podium First Ai Ogura Kalex Second Augusto Fernández Kalex Third Alonso López Boscoscuro
Moto3
Pole position Rider Tatsuki Suzuki Honda Time 2:11.246 Fastest lap Rider Jaume Masià KTM Time 1:57.360 on lap 7 Podium First Izan Guevara Gas Gas Second Dennis Foggia Honda Third Ayumu Sasaki Husqvarna

The 2022 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Motul Grand Prix of Japan) was the sixteenth round of the 2022 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Mobility Resort Motegi in Motegi on 25 September 2022.

The Grand Prix returned to Japan after absences in 2020 and 2021 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background

Time schedule change

Unlike the other race weekends, on Friday there was only one free practice session for each class, with the consequence that the second was scheduled on Saturday morning. The combined classification for access in Q1 and Q2 was determined by the times of only FP1 and FP2 (which will last seventy-five minutes each), as already happened in this championship in the Indonesian Grand Prix. Consequently, the free practice session before MotoGP qualifying became FP3.

Riders' entries

In the MotoGP class, Takuya Tsuda, initially announced as a wild card with the Suzuki Ecstar Team, replaced the owner Joan Mir still suffering from an ankle injury; Tetsuta Nagashima ran wild for Team HRC. In the Moto2 class, in addition to the replacement of Gabriel Rodrigo in the Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team with the Japanese Taiga Hada, there was the return of Sam Lowes to the Elf Marc VDS Racing Team. In the Moto3 class, in addition to Nicola Carraro replacing Matteo Bertelle in the QJmotor Avintia Racing Team, there was also the replacement of the injured Alberto Surra in the Rivacold Snipers Team with the Japanese Kanta Hamada.

MotoGP Championship standings before the race

The crash in the previous Grand Prix by Fabio Quartararo, sees the leader of the riders' stand at 211 points and the rapprochement of Francesco Bagnaia and Aleix Espargaró (finished second and third), now 10 and 17 points away respectively. Enea Bastianini, winner of Aragon, is now 48 points behind the top of the standings. Jack Miller is fifth at -77 points from the top. In the constructors' classification, Ducati is arithmetically champion with 346 points; Aprilia overtakes Yamaha in second position (217 the first, 213 the second). Followed by KTM (161 points), Suzuki (134 points) and Honda (100 points). In the team standings, Ducati Lenovo Team is first with 335 points, with a lead of 37 points over Aprilia Racing, 98 over Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP and Prima Pramac Racing and 112 over Red Bull KTM Factory Racing.

Moto2 Championship standings before the race

Augusto Fernández increases his lead in the riders' standing after the Aragon Grand Prix: he is now on 214 points, 7 more than Ai Ogura. Arón Canet is third with 177 points, followed by Celestino Vietti with 162 points and Tony Arbolino with 128 points. The constructors' classification states: Kalex (already arithmetically champion) 370 points, Boscoscuro 121 points, MV Agusta 5 points. In the team standings, Red Bull KTM Ajo is first with 337 points, followed 21 points behind by Idemitsu Honda Team Asia. Flexbox HP40 is third with 260 points, ahead of Elf Marc VDS Racing Team and Shimoko GasGas Aspar Team, who have 179 and 173 points respectively.

Moto3 Championship standings before the race

Izan Guevara's victory in Aragon, combined with the difficulties of Sergio García and Dennis Foggia (finished thirteenth and fourteenth) allows him to increase his advantage in the drivers' classification: the first is at 229 points, with the second and third following him respectively. with 196 and 171 points. Ayumu Sasaki is fourth with 158 points, 3 more than Jaume Masià. In the constructors' classification, Gas Gas (287 points) brings the distances ahead of Honda and KTM to 32 and 41 points. Husqvarna and CFMoto are fourth and fifth with 194 and 110 points respectively. In the team standings, AutoSolar GasGas Aspar Team leads with 425 points, with a large advantage over their rivals: Leopard Racing (299 points), Red Bull KTM Ajo (238 points), Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max (211 points), Red Bull KTM Tech3 (193 points).

Free practice

MotoGP

In the first session, carried out in the dry, the fastest was Jack Miller, ahead of his teammate Francesco Bagnaia and Fabio Quartararo. In the second session, held in the wet, Marc Márquez set the best time, ahead of his compatriot Jorge Martín and Miller.

Combinated Free Practice 1 and 2

The top ten riders (written in bold) qualified in Q2.

Fastest session lap

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Free practice times
				FP1	FP2
1	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	1:44.509	1:55.387
2	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1:44.537	1:56.752
3	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1:44.558	1:56.561
4	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	1:44.577	1:56.577
5	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	1:44.645	1:56.548
6	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	1:44.656	1:55.232
7	44	Pol Espargaró	Honda	1:44.678	1:57.003
8	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1:44.735	1:57.827
9	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	1:44.743	1:55.428
10	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	1:44.797	1:56.925
11	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	1:44.798	1:55.630
12	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1:44.886	1:56.874
13	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	1:44.913	1:57.671
14	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	1:44.978	1:56.197
15	89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	1:45.009	1:55.376
16	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1:45.065	1:56.168
17	35	Cal Crutchlow	Yamaha	1:45.187	1:56.743
18	40	Darryn Binder	Yamaha	1:45.366	1:57.606
19	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	1:45.426	1:56.655
20	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	1:45.600	1:56.349
21	25	Raúl Fernández	KTM	1:45.739	1:57.292
22	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Honda	1:45.845	1:57.656
23	87	Remy Gardner	KTM	1:45.991	1:56.851
24	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	1:46.365	1:56.588
25	85	Takuya Tsuda	Suzuki	1:46.728	1:58.631
OFFICIAL MOTOGP COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT

Qualifying

MotoGP

Fastest session lap

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid	Row
				Q1	Q2
1	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	Qualified in Q2	1:55.214	1	1
2	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	1:55.300	1:55.422	2
3	33	Brad Binder	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:55.537	3
4	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	Qualified in Q2	1:55.620	4	2
5	89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	1:55.795	1:55.686	5
6	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	Qualified in Q2	1:55.771	6
7	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:55.784	7	3
8	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:55.895	8
9	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:56.326	9
10	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:56.354	10	4
11	44	Pol Espargaró	Honda	Qualified in Q2	1:57.354	11
12	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:57.373	12
13	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	1:55.934	N/A	13	5
14	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1:56.006	N/A	14
15	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	1:56.130	N/A	15
16	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	1:56.432	N/A	16	6
17	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	1:56.578	N/A	17
18	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	1:56.656	N/A	18
19	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Honda	1:57.229	N/A	19	7
20	87	Remy Gardner	KTM	1:57.288	N/A	20
21	85	Takuya Tsuda	Suzuki	1:57.787	N/A	21
22	25	Raúl Fernández	KTM	1:57.827	N/A	22	8
23	35	Cal Crutchlow	Yamaha	1:58.115	N/A	23
24	40	Darryn Binder	Yamaha	1:58.292	N/A	24
25	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1:58.717	N/A	25	9
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

Moto2

Fastest session lap

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid	Row
				Q1	Q2
1	40	Arón Canet	Kalex	2:05.543	2:04.939	1	1
2	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	2:05.669	2
3	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	2:05.891	3
4	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	2:06.111	4	2
5	12	Filip Salač	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	2:06.123	5
6	54	Fermín Aldeguer	Boscoscuro	Qualified in Q2	2:06.311	6
7	9	Jorge Navarro	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	2:06.468	7	3
8	6	Cameron Beaubier	Kalex	2:06.513	2:06.680	8
9	81	Keminth Kubo	Kalex	2:06.501	2:06.785	9
10	7	Barry Baltus	Kalex	2:05.734	2:07.119	10	4
11	37	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	2:07.348	11
12	21	Alonso López	Boscoscuro	Qualified in Q2	2:07.443	12
13	79	Ai Ogura	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	2:07.697	13	5
14	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	2:07.764	14
15	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	2:07.831	15
16	84	Zonta van den Goorbergh	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	2:08.284	16	6
17	75	Albert Arenas	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	2:08.634	17
18	51	Pedro Acosta	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	2:09.394	18
19	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	2:06.790	N/A	19	7
20	29	Taiga Hada	Kalex	2:07.002	N/A	20
21	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	2:07.087	N/A	21
22	13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	2:07.114	N/A	22	8
23	61	Alessandro Zaccone	Kalex	2:07.296	N/A	23
24	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	2:07.423	N/A	24
25	4	Sean Dylan Kelly	Kalex	2:08.067	N/A	25	9
26	28	Niccolò Antonelli	Kalex	2:08.684	N/A	26
27	42	Marcos Ramírez	MV Agusta	2:09.131	N/A	27
28	24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	2:09.950	N/A	28	10
29	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Kalex	2:10.530	N/A	29
30	18	Manuel González	Kalex	N/A	N/A	30
OFFICIAL MOTO2 QUALIFYING RESULTS

Moto3

Fastest session lap

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid	Row
				Q1	Q2
1	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	Qualified in Q2	2:11.246	1	1
2	19	Scott Ogden	Honda	2:11.779	2:11.568	2
3	11	Sergio García	Gas Gas	2.12.122	2:11.788	3
4	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Husqvarna	Qualified in Q2	2:11.942	4	2
5	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	Qualified in Q2	2:12.015	5
6	16	Andrea Migno	Honda	Qualified in Q2	2:12.038	6
7	54	Riccardo Rossi	Honda	Qualified in Q2	2:12.120	7	3
8	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	Qualified in Q2	2:12.124	8
9	28	Izan Guevara	Gas Gas	Qualified in Q2	2:12.155	9
10	5	Jaume Masià	KTM	Qualified in Q2	2:12.229	10	4
11	99	Carlos Tatay	CFMoto	2:12.122	2:12.505	11
12	17	John McPhee	Husqvarna	Qualified in Q2	2:12.993	12
13	20	Lorenzo Fellon	Honda	2:12.394	2:13.109	13	5
14	31	Adrián Fernández	KTM	Qualified in Q2	2:13.686	14
15	10	Diogo Moreira	KTM	Qualified in Q2	2:14.078	15
16	44	David Muñoz	KTM	Qualified in Q2	2:14.856	16	6
17	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	KTM	Qualified in Q2	2:15.706	17
18	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	Qualified in Q2	2:15.837	18
19	72	Taiyo Furusato	Honda	2:12.749	N/A	19	7
20	48	Iván Ortolá	KTM	2:13.081	N/A	20
21	96	Daniel Holgado	KTM	2:13.237	N/A	21
22	66	Joel Kelso	KTM	2:13.393	N/A	22	8
23	43	Xavier Artigas	CFMoto	2:13.447	N/A	23
24	70	Joshua Whatley	Honda	2:13.756	N/A	24
25	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	2:13.775	N/A	25	9
26	23	Elia Bartolini	KTM	2:13.985	N/A	26
27	34	Kanta Hamada	Honda	2:14.027	N/A	27
28	64	Mario Aji	Honda	2:14.763	N/A	28	10
29	9	Nicola Carraro	KTM	2:15.402	N/A	29
30	22	Ana Carrasco	KTM	2:20.016	N/A	30
OFFICIAL MOTO3 QUALIFYING RESULTS

Race

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Biker	Team	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	43	Jack Miller	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	24	42:29.174	7	25
2	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	24	+3.409	3	20
3	89	Jorge Martín	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	24	+4.136	5	16
4	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+7.784	1	13
5	88	Miguel Oliveira	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	24	+8.185	8	11
6	10	Luca Marini	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	24	+8.348	10	10
7	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	24	+9.879	4	9
8	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	24	+10.193	9	8
9	23	Enea Bastianini	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	24	+10.318	15	7
10	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	24	+16.419	13	6
11	5	Johann Zarco	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	24	+16.586	2	5
12	44	Pol Espargaró	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+17.456	11	4
13	73	Álex Márquez	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	24	+18.219	17	3
14	21	Franco Morbidelli	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	24	+19.012	14	2
15	35	Cal Crutchlow	WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team	Yamaha	24	+19.201	23	1
16	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	24	+25.473	PL
17	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	24	+27.006	16
18	25	Raúl Fernández	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	24	+29.374	22
19	87	Remy Gardner	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	24	+29.469	20
20	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	24	+43.294	25
Ret	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	23	Accident	12
Ret	42	Álex Rins	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	14	Wheel Rim	18
Ret	40	Darryn Binder	WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team	Yamaha	14	Accident	24
Ret	85	Takuya Tsuda	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	11	Engine Fire	21
Ret	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	HRC Team	Honda	9	Accident	19
Fastest lap: Jack Miller (Ducati) – 1:45.198 (lap 9)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT

Notes:

• ^1 – Aleix Espargaró was due to start from sixth place, but was forced to start from the pit lane after suffering mechanical problems and therefore using his spare bike, which left his grid slot vacant.

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	79	Ai Ogura	Kalex	22	40:56.269	13	25
2	37	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	22	+1.192	11	20
3	21	Alonso López	Boscoscuro	22	+7.168	12	16
4	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	22	+7.597	2	13
5	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	22	+12.255	4	11
6	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	22	+14.189	3	10
7	51	Pedro Acosta	Kalex	22	+14.520	18	9
8	75	Albert Arenas	Kalex	22	+18.410	17	8
9	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	22	+20.398	15	7
10	12	Filip Salač	Kalex	22	+23.140	5	6
11	6	Cameron Beaubier	Kalex	22	+23.604	8	5
12	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	22	+23.733	14	4
13	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	22	+24.171	21	3
14	7	Barry Baltus	Kalex	22	+33.795	10	2
15	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	22	+35.548	19	1
16	84	Zonta van den Goorbergh	Kalex	22	+40.006	16
17	29	Taiga Hada	Kalex	22	+42.496	20
18	81	Keminth Kubo	Kalex	22	+46.492	9
19	4	Sean Dylan Kelly	Kalex	22	+49.126	24
20	42	Marcos Ramírez	MV Agusta	22	+1:09.754	26
Ret	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Kalex	21	Accident	28
Ret	9	Jorge Navarro	Kalex	20	Accident	7
Ret	40	Arón Canet	Kalex	15	Accident	1
Ret	28	Niccolò Antonelli	Kalex	15	Accident	25
Ret	13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	7	Accident	22
Ret	24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	5	Mechanical	27
Ret	61	Alessandro Zaccone	Kalex	5	Accident	23
Ret	54	Fermín Aldeguer	Boscoscuro	2	Accident	6
DNS	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex		Did not start
DNS	18	Manuel González	Kalex		Did not start
Fastest lap: Augusto Fernández (Kalex) – 1:50.801 (lap 18)
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

• Manuel González withdrew from the race after suffering from a fractured shoulder sustained during Qualifying.

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	28	Izan Guevara	Gas Gas	20	39:26.526	9	25
2	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	20	+0.593	5	20
3	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Husqvarna	20	+1.741	4	16
4	11	Sergio García	Gas Gas	20	+9.338	3	13
5	44	David Muñoz	KTM	20	+9.414	16	11
6	10	Diogo Moreira	KTM	20	+9.743	15	10
7	17	John McPhee	Husqvarna	20	+9.815	12	9
8	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	KTM	20	+15.490	17	8
9	16	Andrea Migno	Honda	20	+15.573	6	7
10	54	Riccardo Rossi	Honda	20	+15.687	7	6
11	43	Xavier Artigas	CFMoto	20	+22.023	23	5
12	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	20	+22.656	25	4
13	48	Iván Ortolá	KTM	20	+22.914	20	3
14	72	Taiyo Furusato	Honda	20	+24.419	19	2
15	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	20	+30.368	8	1
16	23	Elia Bartolini	KTM	20	+45.070	26
17	64	Mario Aji	Honda	20	+45.199	28
18	31	Adrián Fernández	KTM	20	+48.531	14
19	22	Ana Carrasco	KTM	20	+53.259	30
20	19	Scott Ogden	Honda	20	+1:06.056	2
21	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	17	+3 laps	18
Ret	5	Jaume Masià	KTM	16	Accident	10
Ret	20	Lorenzo Fellon	Honda	9	Accident	13
Ret	9	Nicola Carraro	KTM	6	Accident	29
Ret	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	4	Accident	1
Ret	96	Daniel Holgado	KTM	3	Accident	21
Ret	34	Kanta Hamada	Honda	3	Accident	27
Ret	99	Carlos Tatay	CFMoto	0	Accident	11
Ret	66	Joel Kelso	KTM	0	Accident	22
Ret	70	Joshua Whatley	Honda	0	Accident	24
Fastest lap: Jaume Masià (KTM) – 1:57.360 (lap 7)
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

Championship standings after the race

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings

	Pos.	Rider	Points
	1	Fabio Quartararo	219
	2	Francesco Bagnaia	201
	3	Aleix Espargaró	194
	4	Enea Bastianini	170
	5	Jack Miller	159

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
	1	Ducati	371
	2	Aprilia	226
	3	Yamaha	221
	4	KTM	181
	5	Suzuki	134

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Team	Points
	1	Ducati Lenovo Team	360
	2	Aprilia Racing	307
1	3	Prima Pramac Racing	258
1	4	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	254
2	5	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	247

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings

	Pos.	Rider	Points
	1	Augusto Fernández	234
	2	Ai Ogura	232
	3	Arón Canet	177
	4	Celestino Vietti	162
	5	Tony Arbolino	138

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
	1	Kalex	395
	2	Boscoscuro	137
	3	MV Agusta	5

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Team	Points
	1	Red Bull KTM Ajo	366
	2	Idemitsu Honda Team Asia	352
	3	Flexbox HP40	260
1	4	Shimoko GasGas Aspar Team	194
1	5	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	189

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings

	Pos.	Rider	Points
	1	Izan Guevara	254
	2	Sergio García	209
	3	Dennis Foggia	191
	4	Ayumu Sasaki	174
	5	Jaume Masià	155

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
	1	Gas Gas	312
	2	Honda	275
	3	KTM	257
	4	Husqvarna	210
	5	CFMoto	115

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Team	Points
	1	AutoSolar GasGas Aspar Team	463
	2	Leopard Racing	319
	3	Red Bull KTM Ajo	238
	4	Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max	236
	5	Red Bull KTM Tech3	194

External links

• "MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 21 September 2022.